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[h=4]Gunmen kill 16 in massacre at Ivory Coast resort[/h]Six armed gunmen attacked the Ivory Coast beach resort town of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Grand-Bassam.
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Six gunmen targeted three hotels before being "neutralized" by security forces, according to the government-owned radio station RTI. Wochit
A man helps a wounded child after heavily armed gunmen opened fire on March 13, 2016 at a hotel in the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand-Bassam.
(Photo: Sia-Kambou, AFP/Getty Images)
Six armed assailants attacked the Ivory Coast beach resort town of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Grand-Bassam on Sunday, killing 14 civilians and two soldiers as panicked vacationers scrambled for cover, authorities said.
President Alassane Ouattara said the six attackers were killed by security forces.
The attackers targeted three hotels before being<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"neutralized" by security forces, the government-owned RTI radio station<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said.
At least four Europeans were among the victims, Reuters reported. A local tour guide told the news website France24.com that he saw attackers shooting on the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>beach, which was packed with tourists during a heat wave.
"A detailed assessment will be communicated in the coming hours, according to the Ministry of Interior and Security," RTI tweeted.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Monitoring the situation in Grand Bassam. No evidence that U.S. citizens were targeted nor confirmed reports of any U.S citizens as harmed.
— U.S. Embassy Abidjan (@USEmbAbidjan) March 13, 2016
The U.S. Embassy said on Twitter that it was monitoring the situation. "No evidence that U.S. citizens were targeted nor confirmed reports of any U.S citizens as harmed," the tweet said.
Local resident Josiane Sekongo, 25, told the Associated Press that she heard the gunfire and saw people fleeing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the beach. She said security forces had responded and that locals were hiding in their homes.
A witness told Agence France?Presse that one of the attackers shouted "Allahu akbar" —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Arabic for "God is great."
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The assailants were heavily armed and shot at guests at the L'Etoile du Sud, a large hotel, another witness told AFP.
Grand-Bassam, in southeastern<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ivory Coast, sits about 25 miles east of the African nation's economic center of Abidjan. Grand-Bassam<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was the French colonial capital for a few years in the late 19th century. The current capital is Yamoussoukr, although most government institutions are centered in Abidjan.
In January, al-Qaeda fighters in neighboring<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Burkina Faso launched an assault on a hotel in that nation's capital that killed at least 28<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people from more than a dozen countries.
In November, Islamic militants killed 20 people in a mass shooting at a luxury hotel in Mali's capital of Bamako.
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